[Leica] Maybe of interest?

[Bob Adler]

Totally absurd. I'm very sorry this happened to you. I would set up a google search that would look for articles with their names each day. When they set up another business, let us all know and we will spread this story about them all over the internet and associate it with their new scheme. 

Perhaps they will reimburse you after a few such instances!

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> On Nov 13, 2014, at 12:49 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
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> MAYBE OF INTEREST? Collector's copy book! 
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> Many LUG members during past years have purchased one or the other of my
> coffee table size hard cover all B&W Leica available light shot books on the
> MEDICAL PROFESSION..
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> 1/ "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler." 
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> An edition of 250 copies with a leather hand bound cover special edition.
> All author signed and numbered copies. Plus another edition of a 1000 with
> standard dust jacket cover over regular cover.
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> 2/ Re-published: "DOCTOR's WORK. The Legacy of Sir William Osler." 
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> Recently I was browsing "USED BOOK" internet locations looking for any of my
> 8 published books with various publishing house's during past years. When I
> discovered two copies of the "Leather hand bound Special Editions?"
> READY??? 
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> One listed as "SPECIAL COLLECTOR COPY.... hand signed & numbered....
> "$2000.oo." USA dollars! The other $3000.oo! :-) Jeeeeeeeeeeesh if only I
> had a half dozen copies??????????? :-) :-)
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> In any event I thought you might be interested with the end part of this
> publishing adventure?
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> The publisher made a major sale of copies to the American Medical Assn. I
> mean bigtime sale! My royalty cheque in USA funds was to be for $60,000.oo!
> Yep absolutely honest! HOWEVER!! :-) 
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> OH and before I get to the final lines...... Converting that amount to
> Canadian dollars at the time it would've amounted to??? "80,000.oo! Yeah I
> know yer all breathing deep and thinking all kinds of nice things etc!
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> HOWEVER? The publisher put himself into receivership and I received
> NADDA!!!!! NOT A PENNY!!! :-(
> Nor a penny for my near ten years of photo production time in between
> regular paying assignments about the world. 
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> To say the least we shed a few tears! 
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> Have a nice day CREW! :-) If you don't smile at this yer going to be sick as
> a dog!!!! :-( :-( :-( AAAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!
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> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-) 
> And every word is true!
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